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News and Events

Slides are now available for ISCR July Seminar- Allocating Water among Competing Uses: The Potential for Water Markets in New Zealand

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Video for: Should New Zealand Fight Climate Change? Boston and Meade Debate the Issues held on 15 April 2008 now available

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Slides are now available for ISCR June Seminar, The Power of Persuasion: Can Advertising Help You Quit Smoking?

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Responding to the Sub-prime Crisis: Statement 4 from Australia-NZ Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (ANZSFRC)

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Professor Jay Pil Choi: ISCR Visiting Scholar

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Professor Donald Kenkel: 2008 S.T. Lee Fellow

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Dr. Christopher Goemans: ISCR Visiting Scholar

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Slides available for the ISCR May Seminar: Ageing Infrastructure Investment: “Wall of Wire” or “Wall of Confusion”? What are the Issues and What Do They Tell Us?

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Slides available for the ISCR & CAGTR May Seminar: Identifying the Characteristics of a Good Tax System

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Slides available for the ISCR May Seminar: Finnish and New Zealand Telecommunications Markets: Unbundling the Differences

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Latest research

Jul
2008

From Competition to Regulation: New Zealand Telecommunications Sector Performance 1987-2007

Author: Bronwyn Howell

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Jul
2008

The End or the Means? The Pursuit of Competition in Regulated Telecommunications Markets

Author: Bronwyn Howell

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Jul
2008

Telecommunications Market Evolution in Finland and New Zealand: Unbundling the Differences

Authors: Bronwyn Howell, Manisha Sangekar

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Jun
2008

Why do Queensland Urban Water Entities Resist the Adoption of User Pays Pricing?

Authors: Chris Hunt , Keitha Dunstan

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May
2008

Catching-Up in Broadband Regressions: Does Local Loop Unbundling Policy Lead to Material Increases in OECD Broadband Uptake?

Authors: Glenn Boyle, Bronwyn Howell, Wei Zhang

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